work/iron out the kinks
idiom
: to try to fix the small problems or flaws
We just installed a new computer program, and we're still working/ironing out the kinks.
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Meanwhile, Big Tech players, such as Apple, have been more conservative in their AI efforts, waiting for others to work out the kinks.
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Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
Other times, our manes were subjected to a chemical relaxer to iron out the kinks.
—Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
But most people will also have to work out the kinks of their retrofit e-bike, and that will require more thinking than with brand-new e-bikes.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
Here are five emerging uses for HTS that could transform everyday life—if engineers can work out the kinks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2023
The Browns hope so and will use the preseason to work out the kinks.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
So Hill will conceivably have more time to work out the kinks in the first two weeks of the year.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
In the first full-length trailer for the new season, which hits Netflix on Aug. 3, Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) get to work out the kinks in their still very new relationship outside of the watchful eyes of their usual school grounds.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2023
Costco was hoping for a quiet launch to buy its staff time to work out the kinks, but all bets were off once customers started posting on social media about the California rolls made with real crab.
—oregonlive, 13 July 2023
Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 23 Feb. 2024
Other times, our manes were subjected to a chemical relaxer to iron out the kinks.
—Essence, 26 Oct. 2023
But most people will also have to work out the kinks of their retrofit e-bike, and that will require more thinking than with brand-new e-bikes.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
Here are five emerging uses for HTS that could transform everyday life—if engineers can work out the kinks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 18 Sep. 2023
The Browns hope so and will use the preseason to work out the kinks.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 9 Aug. 2023
So Hill will conceivably have more time to work out the kinks in the first two weeks of the year.
—Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
In the first full-length trailer for the new season, which hits Netflix on Aug. 3, Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick (Kit Connor) get to work out the kinks in their still very new relationship outside of the watchful eyes of their usual school grounds.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2023
Costco was hoping for a quiet launch to buy its staff time to work out the kinks, but all bets were off once customers started posting on social media about the California rolls made with real crab.
—oregonlive, 13 July 2023
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